One afternoon, Hipps’ neighbor phoned him up to say that he’d just seen a coyote headed towards his pasture. Coyotes seldom come out during the day, but this particular female coyote had been scouting out the neighborhood during daylight hours.

When Hipps went outside to check, Buck had already taken care of it.

“By the time I got over there, Buck was stomping the coyote. Then he reached down and picked him up by the neck and started slinging him like a rag doll. I grabbed my phone and got two pictures.”